Goran Potkonjak was born January 8th, 1968 in Gospić, Hrvatska, former Jugoslavija.
Studied Natural Science, Geologie and Paleontologie at University of Zagreb from 1987, but left in 1990 to commit himself fully to photography. In 1991 he left his hometown Zagreb for Europe.
Between 1991 and 1996 lived in central Europe and end of 1996 moved to Switzerland, Zürich where he lives and works today.